This method pauses the media if the media is currently running. The Play method can be used to resume.

CanPause returns false for any case where the MediaElement has loaded live streaming media. Calling Pause on a MediaElement that has opened and is playing streaming content does not throw an error. Instead the method call is ignored.

You can interactively control media playback by using the Play, Pause, and Stop methods of a MediaElement object. The following example defines a MediaElement object and several buttons for controlling media playback.